In cold winter weather, the air-cooled condensers (ACCs) face serious freezing risks, especially with part load of the power generating unit. Therefore, it is of benefit to investigate the heat transfer process between the turbine exhaust steam and cooling air, by which the freezing mechanism of the finned tube bundles can be revealed. In this work, the flow and heat transfer models of the cool...

in a steam power plant, the temperature of the cooling water leaving the condenser for recyclingshould decrease. this is achieved in a cooling tower. the heller cooling tower does not require waterfor operation, thus, it is a suitable system for use in thermal power plants throughout iran. wind is anenvironmental factor that unfavorably affects the performance of a cooling tower. previous studi...

In order to obtain the best performance of the solar air heaters, it is necessary to find optimum performance conditions. The aim of this research paper is to achieve optimum conditions, by comparing single and double pass solar air heaters. Also, a brief review study of various related research works of all scenarios for a single and double pass and packed bed (including particle technologies)...

The cooling performance of the stack radiator of a fuel cell electric vehicle was evaluated under various actual road driving conditions, such as highway and uphill travel. The thermal stability was then optimized, thereby ensuring stable operation of the stack thermal management system. The coolant inlet temperature of the radiator in the highway mode was lower than that associated with the up...

In this study an experimental work was performed to examine the effect of porous media on the heat transfer from a cylindrical heater in the case of steady-state forced convection. Porous media consisted of Spherical glasses of diameter 0.6 cm and air was used as the cooling fluid. The bulk temperature was approximated by the inlet temperature and Properties of the air were found at the film te...

This paper presents a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model for the optimal design of mechanical counter-flow cooling towers, subjected to standard design constraints. The objective function consists of the minimization of the total annual cost, which includes the capital cost of the cooling tower (that depends on the filling material and the air flowrate) and the operating cost (th...

peri-implantitis is one of the most common reasons for implant failure. decontamination of infected implant surfaces can be achieved effectively by laser irradiation; although the associated thermal rise may cause irreversible bone damage and lead to implant loss. temperature increments of over 10ºc during laser application may suffice for irreversible bone damage.the purpose of this study was ...

This paper proposes a new approach of cooling system for home. The main advantages of this cooling system are it consumes very low power, no emission of harmful gas and support for health. The basic principle of the system is free cooling is taking place when the external ambient air entropy is less than the indoor air enthalpy and the cool external air is transferred to the building room direc...